Flange-oiler.



Z. TISHER. FLANGE OQLER. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3. I916.

Patented May 22,1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- n INVENTOR.

I ATTORNEYS.

I 1 J W. Am /a ZAOlHBIAH TISHER, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

FDANGE- OILER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented M33122, 1917.

Application filed October 3, 1916. I Serial No. 128,504.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZACHRIAH TISHER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flange- Oilers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains. to flange oilers and has for its object to provide a new and improved construction and mode of opera-. tion for the oiling of the flanges of car wheels and generally of wheels that run on a track.

A special object is to provide an oiler of the character mentioned thathas a gravity supply and a forced feed.

A further object is to provide an oiler of the character mentioned whereby the flange of the wheel or wheels on one side of the character. mentioned whereby the oiler appliance is thrust by air pressure into close proximity to the flange -at the time the oil is being applied and withdrawn automati cally as soon as the oiling process ceases.

Other and further objects and purposes will be hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like numeralsrefer to like parts throughout the several views and in which Figure 1, is a plan view of a truck andof the oiler device as applied thereto.

Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the same,

Fig. 8, is an. enlarged broken-away view of a car wheel and of the oiler appliance as applied thereto.

Fig. 1, is a plan view of a five way valve used in the application of compressed air to force the feed of oil to the oiling head, the concealed openings being shown by dotted lines.

Fig. 5, is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 6, is a sectional view taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5. I

Fig. 7, is a longitudinal sectional view of the mechanism of the oiler appliance, comprising a cylinder, a piston, a valve, valve head, oiling head, a core to regulate the oil feed, and means for regulating the action of the piston, showing the parts in. their relative positions when no oil is being applied. Fig. 8, is'a longitudinal section of the same with the parts in their positions when oil is heing applied.

* pipe 29..

groove 42.

Fig. 9, is 'a front end view of the valve head entering into the last above described construction, and

Fig. 10, is a sect1onal view taken on the line 1010 of Fig. 9. v

In a detail description of the parts, 10' indicates a car wheel, 11 the flange thereof, 58 the oiling head, 13 the cylinder appliance, 15 a bracket for supporting the oiler appliance and which is attached to the frame of the truck, as at 16. Mounted above the remainder of the construction is a valve 17 having five parts 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 shown container for compressed air. Parts 19 and 22 are connected with conduits 25 and 26 respectively, which in turn are connected with a transversely arranged conduit 27. Parts 20 and 21 lead to the open and serve as exhaust parts as will be hereinafterdescribed. Located below the live way valve 17 and above the transversely arranged conduit 27 is a tank 28 as a container for oi l., the same being connected with the conduit 27 by a I Mounted'in the conduit 27 are outwardly swinging check-valves 30 and 31, one being on each side of the pipe 29. To

the ends of the conduit 27 are attached the disposed vertical'bore 72 in which is mounted a plug 32 having slots 83 and 34 each of sufiicient width to connect with two of the passages 71. At the top of the plug 32 is a stud 35 towhich is attached a handle 36 for operating the plug The plug 32 is heldin position by means of a washer and i nut 37 attached to the threaded end 38. Attached to the plug 32 is also a pin 39. 'Attached to the casing 10 of the valve 17 and in the path of the pin 39 are upwardly extending pins 41. In the wall of the valve casing 40 is a groove 42. Extending down-' ice wardly from the pin 39 is a portion 43 adapted for normal engagement in the Referring now to the oiler appliance of the device as disclosed in Figs. 7 to 10 1nclusive, a cylinder 13 has an inside threadetl end 44 and is fitted at one end with a cylinder head 45 having a threaded aperture 4.6 for attachment with the conduit 1a, a centrally disposed and inwardly extendinder 13 is mounted a piston 49 having at one end an annular shoulder 50 carrylng a groove 51 within which is mounted a pack-- ing ring 52. On the innerwall of one end of the cylinder 13 is an annular shoulder 53. Encircling the piston 49 and bearing against the shoulders 50 and 53 is a coil spring 54. The piston 49 extends throughan opening 55 in the-end 56 of the cylinder 13 and is threaded, as at 57, and has attached theretoa head 58. Centrally disposed and extending longitudinally through the piston 49 is an opening 59. Centrally disposed and extending longitudinally through the head 58 is an opening .60, the openings 59 and 60 conmeeting with each other. .A plug 61 is mounted in the end of the opening 59 in the piston 49 and has extending longitudinally i'therethrough an opening 62 corresponding 'in' size with and adapted to receive the needle 47 and which connects with the opening 59 in the piston 49.

Loosely inserted in the opening-59jof the piston'49 is a core 163, with end flattened at i 64-and tapered'at 73. Inthe outer wall of the piston 49 is a longitudinally arranged groove 67. Through the wall of the cylinder' 13 extends a set screw 68 having a hearing in the groove 67 serving to guide the piston'in its movements backward and forward as will be hereinafter described.

In the practical application of the device .to a railroad locomotive, the valve 17 is mounted at a place in the engine cab, convenient for the engineer, and the'other mechanism in substantially the relative locations shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The air tank 24 is charged and the oil tank 28 is supplied with a suitable lubrication oil.

and into the conduits 14. When it is desired to oil the flange 11 on the drive wheel 10 on the right side of the engine, the operator turns the handle 36 to the right from the neutral position N to the position of the dotted line A (Fig. 1); This will have the efi'e'ct of turning the core 32 (Fig. 6) to the right a sufiicient distance to connect the passages 71, leading from the parts 18 and 19 to the opening 72, with the slot '33, thereby permitting air to escape from the tank 24 .through the conduit23 to' and through the part 18 to and through a, passage 71 to the 3 opening 72, through the slot 33 and a-passage 71 to and through the part 19, to and through the conduits 25, 27 and 14 through the parts 48 (Fig. 8),. the force of the air drivingthe piston 49to the position shown in Fig. 8 thereby removing the needle 47 from the opening 62 and forcing the oil therethrough to the opening 59 where it comes in contact with the core 63 which will retard theflow of oil, the same being forced Gravlty will convey oil from the tank 28 through the pipe 29, 1 into conduit 27 past the valves 30 and 31 the piston 49 from that shown in Fig.7 to

that shown in Fig. 8 brings the head 58..into

close proximity with the flange 11 so as to make the oiling thereof effective.

In the passage of air from the part- 19 to and through the conduit 27, the swinging check valve 30 is closed by the pressure of the air so that the same does not escape into the oil tank 28 or intothe conduit 14 leading to the wheel 10 on the other side of the truck.

i When it is desired to discontinue the oiling process the handle 36 is returned to. neutral position, thereby returning the parts of the valve 17 to normal position as shown in Fig. 6 and' permitting the pressure of air between the part 19 and the piston 49 to escape through the part 20 and the pipe 65.

When it is desired to oil the flange 11 of the wheel 10 on the left side of the truck, the operator turns the handle 36 to the left to the position of the dotted line A thecoacting parts operating as described and when-the handle 36 is returned to neutral the air between the part 22 and the piston-49 escapes through the part 21 and the pipe 66.

When the air hasexhausted from the piston 49, the same is returned by the -coil spring 54 to the normal position shown in Fig. 7, which removes the head 58 from its close proximity with the flange 11, so that the same is free from contact with the wheel 10 and flange '11 thereby saving it from unusual Wear which wouldotherwise occur.

In the operation of the valve 17 the contact of the pin 39 with the pins 41 serves as a stop for the parts in position for an effective air passage and the contact of the pin portion 43 with the groove 42 serves as a stop for the parts in neutral position.

The arch 69 (Figs. 4 and 6) indicates the path of the handle'36 from the neutral position N to the extreme right position indicated by the dotted lines Rand the arch 70 indicates the path of the handle 36 from the neutral position N to the extreme left position indicated by the dotted line L.

What is claimed is,

1. A flange oiler comprising an air tank,

manually operating said valve to apply the air to force the oil through said conduits leading downwardly from the oil tank to and through said oiler appliance.

2. A fiangeoiler comprising an air tank,

duits leading from the valve to the conduits leading from the oil tank, andmeans. for manually operating said valve to apply the air to force theoil through said conduits and through said oi er appliance so as to apply oil to the flanges of the wheels on one side of the truck at a time.

3. A flange oiler comprising an air tank, an oil tank, a valve mounted above the oil tank, an oiler appliance, a pipe leading downwardly from the oil tank and connected with a transversely arranged conduit having a swinging check-valve therein on eachside of said pipe, a conduit leading from each end of said transversely arranged conduit each connected with said oiler appliance, a

conduit leading from .said air tank to said valve, conduits leading from said valve to said transversely arranged conduit and connected therewith, one on each side of said j check-valves and means for operating said first named valve to make an open passage from the oil tank to from the air tank to the conduits leadingto the said oiler appliance and means in said valve for closing said passageway and for exhausting the air from said conduits leading to the oiler appliance.

4. A flange oiler comprising an air tank, an oil tank, a valve mounted above the oil tank, an oiler appliance, conduits leading vdownwardly from the oil tank and having oiler appliances at their outer extremities with oiler heads thereon, a conduit leading from the air tank to the valve, conduits leading from the valve to the conduits leading from the oil tank, means in said valve for manually opening a passage from said air tank to the conduits leading from the oil tank, means for automatically throwing said oiler head into close proximity with the flange of a wheel simultaneously with the opening up of said air passage and for automatically returning the same to normal position with the closing of said air passage.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, Y ZACHRIAH TISHER.

-Witnesses:

L. L. WEs'rFAu.,- H. M. WILEY. 

